THE INLAID HARP



Li Shangyin



锦瑟



李商隐



I wonder why my inlaid harp has fifty strings,



Each with its flower-like fret an interval of youth.

锦瑟无端五十弦， 一弦一柱思华年。



...The sage Chuangzi is day-dreaming, bewitched by butterflies,



The spring-heart of Emperor Wang is crying in a cuckoo,

庄生晓梦迷蝴蝶， 望帝春心托杜鹃。



Mermen weep their pearly tears down a moon-green sea,



Blue fields are breathing their jade to the sun....

沧海月明珠有泪， 蓝田日暖玉生烟。



And a moment that ought to have lasted for ever



Has come and gone before I knew.

此情可待成追忆， 只是当时已惘然。



这是李商隐的一首名作。诗的首联指明了"思华年"就是对本诗上述主旨的一个说明。诗以锦瑟起兴，引出对华年往事的追忆。中间两联连用四组典故，以隐喻的手法从不同侧面来抒写自己的不幸身世。四组典故，构成一个锦藐委婉的意境，寄予了诗人浓重的悲慨，抒发了诗人的郁愤。全诗辞藻华美，浓丽静工，含蓄深沉；艺术表现上是兴中有比，比喻中含象征意味，意境凄婉惆怅，感人心脾


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